Lovely sunny day today and we decided to head up to the volcanoes. We stopped at the view point over lake Taupo and chatted to 2 ladies who had been to all the places we had been to in South Island It was good to compare experiences. They just left Haast before the terrible rain came.

We went up the volcanic loop highway up to the ski fields. The road went up so high with fab views. At the end of the road we got on the ski lifts for half price as we are seniors! The lifts were good fun and as it was so clear we had good views all the way up. In the afternoon we went back to the lake to explore along the other side. There are fissures of steam coming from the hillsides and hot pools. We went down to the water to photo shoot wildlife. Again we had such a lovely day.